On 02/01/2011 05:04 PM, Isaac Fischer wrote: > xdg-desktop-icon can't be done in %install, without putting your > .desktop file in ~root/Desktop or whoever is building the > package, because it's done at build time. xdg-desktop-icon only works > for the current user. The regular user would have to have rights to the > RPM database to install even a subpackage with nothing but the Launcher > file and macros. So, upon reflection, that's why it can't be done at RPM > install - you'd have to have a script which examines /home/* and inserts > it into all of them, which is just flat out wrong. The xdg-desktop-icon > has to be done by the user. I imagine you could put together a > user-level service in /usr/share/gnome/autostart/ that runs a script > that invokes xdg-desktop-icon, and would re-install the icon each login, > and then the user would have to disable it if they ever wanted to be rid > of the icon. A pain to be sure. > * But that's not a concern because no one's building RPMs as root. Right? -J > * > *Isaac Fischer* > > +1 (210) 775-2890 > xwaver@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:xwaver@xxxxxxxxx> > > Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/xwaver> LinkedIn > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ijfischer> Twitter > <http://twitter.com/xwaver> Plaxo <http://xwaver.myplaxo.com/> > IM: Google Talk/ xwaver@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:xwaver@xxxxxxxxx> AIM/ > xwaver118 Skype/ xwaver118 > > 2011/2/1 Erik Blankinship <erikb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:erikb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > That covers your bases, gives the user an option, and doesn't > violate any standards that I can see. If a standard banning > Launcher install re-emerges, you won't have to do major surgery > to your spec, and it will degrade gracefully. > > Does that satisfy any|everyone? > > > Isaac, thank you very much for your response! > > Now I can get rpmbuild to successfully use rpmbuild with > xdg-desktop-icon in %install... and in the process puts an icon on > my desktop (/before even installing the rpm!/) I am doing something > wrong. Any suggestions? > > Here is the relevant part of my spec file: > > Source1: %{name}.desktop > BuildRoot: > %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n) > BuildRequires: gettext, python-devel, desktop-file-utils, xdg-utils > > ... > > %install > rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT > %{__python} setup.py install -O1 --skip-build --root $RPM_BUILD_ROOT > desktop-file-install > --dir=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/applications %{SOURCE1} > xdg-desktop-icon install --novendor %{SOURCE1} > > > > > -- > packaging mailing list > packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging > > > > > -- > packaging mailing list > packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging -- packaging mailing list packaging@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/packaging
